ALEXANDRIA SENNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alexandria senna mean? 

• ALEXANDRIA SENNA (noun)
  The noun ALEXANDRIA SENNA has 1 sense:

1. erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

  Familiarity information: ALEXANDRIA SENNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALEXANDRIA SENNA (noun)

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Meaning:

Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alexandria senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia acutifolia; Cassia augustifolia; Indian senna; Senna alexandrina; tinnevelly senna; true senna

Hypernyms ("Alexandria senna" is a kind of...):

senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)